Will Harries (born 30 March 1987) is a

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...

international rugby union player who currently plays at Chinnor RFC in the English. He has also played for the

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, Bedford Blues (on loan) and the Newport Gwent Dragons. Harries was educated at

The Cathedral School, Llandaff The Cathedral School, Llandaff (Welsh: ''Ysgol y Gadeirlan, Llandaf'') is a coeducational independent day school located in Llandaff, a district north of the Welsh capital Cardiff. Originally established as a choral foundation to train choir boys ...

and Millfield, a school known for its rugby tradition. He appeared in a LV Cup game against the Saracens for the Dragons in January 2010, in which he scored 2 tries and was named Man-of-the-Match. He was released by Newport Gwent Dragons at the end of the 2013–14 season. In May 2010 he was added to the

Wales national rugby union team The Wales national rugby union team ( cy, Tîm rygbi'r undeb cenedlaethol Cymru) represents Wales in men's international rugby union. Its governing body, the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU), was established in 1881, the same year that Wales played the ...

standby list for the summer matches and subsequently called into the full squad due to injury to

Shane Williams Shane Mark Williams, (born 26 February 1977) is a Welsh rugby union player most famous for his long and successful tenure as a wing for the Ospreys and the Wales national team. He also played scrum-half on occasion. Williams is the record tr ...

. He made his international debut versus New Zealand in Hamilton on 26 June 2010. He has also been selected for the

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squad. Following his departure from the Dragons, Harries joined Championship team

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, where he spent five seasons. In 2019, he joined Chinnor RFC.

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